This math doesn't look right to me. Seems like 2% would be 2 senators, right? > From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 08:29:44 -0700 (PDT) > > I think we were talking about this, how many Sens should die > > A.T. from Washington, D.C., writes: Apropos your "Republicans in > Denial" piece, it occurred to me to find out how many Senators are > over age 60: 66 (50 men and 16 women) by my count of the Wikipedia > page. If we assume that half of them will get COVID-19, and that 2/3 > of the deaths are in the over-60 group, as numerous media reports > have suggested, and that the death rate for the population as a > whole will be about 2%, you get something like five or so Senators > will die of COVID-19. > > Will the Senators think this is trivial then?